Welcome to The Junk Files!
This section will cover various topics that I feel deserve a more detailed explanation than what's found on the "Random Facts I Learned" page. Please note that some of the content may be a bit graphic, including potential images related to the events, but I will aim to approach these topics with respect.
- Extreme Medical Experiments & Unethical Science
- Catastrophes & Disasters with Gruesome Aftermaths
- War and Its Horrors
- The Evolution of Torture & Execution Methods Throughout History
- Radiation & Poisoning
- Internet Mysteries/Rabbit Holes
Other Topics May Include
- Why Minority Representation in Media Is Important
- Time Travel and Why It Will Never Happen
- Space, Time & The Universe (Might turn into the Doctor)
- The Death of Physical Media
- The Art of Collecting Physical Media
- How Alcohol Affects the Brain
- "What If" Scenarios
- Traditions From Around the World
Just remember that this list may contain things I may cover and others that I won't. It all depends on how I feel!
Extreme Medical Expirements & Unethical Science
Separating Triplets at Birth
In the 1960s and 70s, Peter Neubauer ran a secret experiment in which they separated twins and triplets from each other and set them up for
adoption into different families. The development of these babies was closely monitored from birth until the age of twelve. The intent of this
study (or even that the study was happening in general) was never disclosed to the adoptive parents. The experiment only came to
light when a set of three identical triplet brothers accidentally found each other in 1980. They had no idea that they were siblings.
One of the siblings, David Kellman, stated that he felt extreme anger towards the experiment: “We were robbed of 20 years together.” Unfortunately,
one of the brothers, Edward Galland, was hospitalized for manic depression and later killed himself in 1995. He passed away never knowing he was a part of this experiment.
As children assistants were sent to test and even film the boys, and many other kids, and document their mental development as they grew up.
Their parents would be told that they were performing a routine study on adopted children. Their interest? Exploring the academic interest in the nature vs. nurture argument.
The agency assigned each kid to homes with vastly different income levels and parenting styles. Peter Neubauer and Viola Bernard, both of which were child psychiatrists, never
showed any kind of remorse, saying they were doing something good for the kids so they could develop their own personalities. No one, except Neubauer and Bernard, know how many
sets of twins and triplets are out there. The results of the study were never released, and will remain restricted by Yale University until 2066. Who knows how many of these kids
are still out there not knowing they potentially have siblings.